SKU: PR.111402850
ISBN 9781491132005. UPC: 680160680627. What the Living Do by Maria Howe.
The poetry of Marie Howe has a special place in Ricky Ian Gordon’s heart and mind, both haunting and soothing. WITHOUT MUSIC is a five-movement work in which Howe’s words and Gordon’s music together give voice to longterm grieving for a loved one lost to AIDS. The work was commissioned by Music Academy of the West for their 2019 Marilyn Horne Song Competition Winners’ Recital Tour.For a long time, I have been in dialogue with the poems of Marie Howe. Some poets speak so directly to you that they become a second voice inside you. I have so many of her poems memorized, and I speak them so often because at certain moments I know she will say it better than me.Many I have set or tried to set and felt dissatisfied and put them away. Marie’s poems are so plain spoken, you want them to feel, if you are taking the trouble to set them to music, that the songs are plain spoken as well... because it would be criminal to set Marie’s poems in a way that obscures the words and makes them feel distant or remote.I first heard Kelsey Lauritano in a Master Class that Stephanie Blythe was giving at Juilliard. I was bowled over by her poise, the beauty of her voice, her engagement with her body and her connection to text. She is a real artist through and through. I wanted to create a cycle for her where it felt like she was talking to the audience in the most intimate way possible. I wanted to be able to see her heart.These five poems are from Marie’s book, “What the Living Do,†the book which was published eight years after her brother Johnny died at 28 from AIDS. The book is impossibly beautiful, as clear as a spring in a remote forest... the poems simply tell the story of Johnny’s illness and Marie’s relationship with it, and him... as Marie would put it, they are “how some of it happened.â€I lost my partner Jeffrey Grossi to AIDS in 1996, so needless to say, this book, and Marie’s poems were balm for me... one of the myriad ways I got through an excruciating time, as Jeffrey’s death followed practically, the death of my entire community. I feel bad, and even awkward, that this is still so much a part of my story, but it is. Is it PTSD, or just, not wanting to forget? I don’t know. But these songs are steeped in that time.
SKU: BT.DHP-0900226-120
This major concert work cosists o five movements.1st movement: La Laguna del ShimbeSituated high up in the Andes mountains in Northern Peru are the Huaringas, a group of lagoons in isolated and mysterious surroundings. The water has healing powersand for centuries traditional healers have settled there in small villages. From far the sick come to the Huaringas to be treated in nightly rituals, in which the hallucinating juice of the San Pedro cactus gives the prophet a look inside hispatient. The biggest lagoon is the “Laguna del Shimbeâ€, one of the countless wells of the immense Amazon stream.2nd movement: Los AguarunasFurther downstream in Northern Peru we come across the rain tribe of Los Aguarunas. It’s a proud, beautiful andindependent race, which has never succumbed to domination, not even from the Incas. They live from everything the forest has to offer: fish, fruit, plants, ... . They also grow some crops and live as semi-nomads. They take their fate into their ownhands and after having made contact with modern civilisation, they have integrated new elements into their lives without betraying their own ways.3rd movement: MekaronMekaron is an Indian word meaning “pictureâ€, “soulâ€, “essenceâ€. The Indians are theorigina inhabitants of the Amazon region. They either live in one place as a group or move around a large region. They all have their own political system, their own language and an intense social life. At the same time they are master of music andmedicine. “Everywhere the white man goes, he leaves a wilderness behind himâ€, wrote the North American Indian leader Seatl in 1885. As a result of these contacts with the whites, the disruption of most Indian societies began. (In this century alone,80 tribes have vanished completely).4th movement: KêêtuajêThis is the name of the initiating ceremony of the Krahô tribe in the Brazilian state of Goias, in which young boys and girls enter adult life. They are cleansed with water, painted with redpaint and covered with feathers, after which the ritual dance holds the entire tribe spell-bound.5th movement: Paulino FaiakanIn 1988 the Indian chiefs Faiakan and Raoni Kaiapo came to Europe to protest against the building of the Altamira dam inBrazil. As a result of the dam the Indians would be driven from their traditional land and enormous artificial would be created. The project was supported financially by, amongst others, the European Community. In February 1989 the Indian tribesaround Altamira held a protest march for the first time in their history together. Amongst other things they paid tribute tot Chico Mendez, who, murdered in 1988, was the leader of the rubber syndicate and a fierce opponent of the destruction of theBrazilian rain forest. Brazilian and world opinion was awakened. The building of the dam was -albeit temporarily - stopped.
SKU: BT.DHP-0900226-020
SKU: HL.259564
UPC: 888680725877. 5.0x5.0x0.15 inches.
Suggested for grades 4-8, these easily-produced 25-minute Express Musicals are perfect for a short program in the spring or fall, community outreach events, recruiting programs, or as part of a larger concert. Short narrations for up to 39 speakers provide an introduction to each song. The Teacher Edition includes piano/vocal arrangements with choreography notes, reproducible program narration and tips for using the digital lessons provided via My Library. The printed black and white Singer Editions feature vocal lines only to be distributed to each student. Use the full color non-printable Student Edition available via My Library for whole class viewing on your interactive whiteboard or computer to projector, or send to student classroom viewing devices such as iPads or Chromebooks for individual use. To perform with recordings, you have three options. Purchase the Performance/Accompaniment CD for a physical copy of the full performance and accompaniment tracks. Redeem the My Library code found inside the front cover to play or download all of the recordings. The recordings may also be played directly from your digital lesson page. The choreography videos may be viewed directly from your My Library account or from the digital lesson page. Follow the easy directions for using digital lessons and send your classroom into the technology age!
SKU: HL.387967
UPC: 196288025146. 9.75x12.5x11.5 inches.
The Addams Family Younger@Part® is the authorized 30 minute edition of the Broadway musical for elementary schools and youth theatres (grades 2-5). Through a series of workshops, our Younger@Part® musicals are tailor-made for younger actors. Song keys are changed where needed, songs and scenes are edited for time and content, while keeping the spirit of the original Broadway show intact. There are great parts for girls and boys, and can include any sized ensemble/chorus, who appear throughout the show. Celebrate the wackiness in every family with our best-selling Broadway musical adapted for middle school-age performers! Wednesday Addams, the ultimate princess of darkness, has grown up and fallen in love with a sweet, smart young man from a respectable family whom her parents have never met. She confides in her father and begs him not to tell her mother. Now, Gomez Addams must do something he's never done before--keep a secret from his beloved wife, Morticia. Everything will change for the whole family on the fateful night they host a dinner for Wednesday's “normal†boyfriend and his parents. The perusal pack includes a Cast Script/Vocal Book and access to online audio containing all of the music from the show. Audio is access online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK+, a multi-functional audio player than allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right. a href=“https://www.theatricalrights.com/sho/addams-family-younger-at-part/†target=“_blankâ€>Click here for information on licensing this production.</a>.
SKU: HL.284775
ISBN 9781540037299. UPC: 888680863982. 9.0x12.0x0.353 inches. Transcribed exactly from his recorded solos.
The classic Omnibook, now with sound-alike audio tracks! The Omnibook has become the book to turn to when you want to master the Bird. It includes 60 solos such as: Anthropology â?¢ Au Privave (Nos. 1 and 2) â?¢ Billie's Bounce â?¢ Blues for Alice â?¢ Chi Chi â?¢ Confirmation â?¢ Constellation â?¢ Dewey Square â?¢ Donna Lee â?¢ Ko Ko â?¢ Moose the Mooch â?¢ Ornithology â?¢ Scrapple from the Apple â?¢ Shawnuff â?¢ Yardbird Suite â?¢ and more. This updated edition includes transcriptions from the original book which match Parker's recorded solos, but also features access to audio tracks online for download or streaming. Also includes an introduction on Charlie Parker, a scale syllabus, and chord symbol guide. Audio is accessed online using the unique code inside the book and can be streamed or downloaded. The audio files include PLAYBACK , a multi-functional audio player that allows you to slow down audio without changing pitch, set loop points, change keys, and pan left or right.
SKU: GI.G-9234
ISBN 9781622772117. English.
I don’t claim to know how to teach anybody anything, let alone something so individual and subjective as writing songs. The truth is, dear readers, you already know how to write songs. You’ve been, in a sense, studying them your whole life. My goal as a teacher, and the goal of this book, is ‘unlocking the great songs inside you.’ They’re in there. I have witnessed the births of hundreds of songs in class, some so beautiful that the class is wiping back tears by the end. These songs were written by people exactly like you: lovers of music, strummers of guitars, banjos, mandolins, people who’ve dreamed of writing songs like the ones they love. So, welcome and good luck. — Steve Dawson, from the Introduction T_x001F_ake It to the Bridge combines a_x001E_ lively, instructive dia_x001E_logue, helpful chord, key _x001E_and song-form cha_x001E_rts, _x001E_and crea_x001E_tive songwriting assignments designed to inspire _x001E_anyone who ever h_x001E_as thought of _x001E_adding songs to the world. Steve Dawson is a singer/songwriter/musician who leads the rock/folk band Dolly Varden and has taught songwriting and guitar at Chicago’s Old Town School of Folk Music for more than a decade. Mark Caro is author of the award-winning non_x001D_iction book The Foie Gras Wars and has written about music, f_x001D_ilm, food and culture for the Chicago Tribune, The New York Times, and other publications. http://www.tothebridgesongwriting.com/.
